Screwed

A project about waste in Britain’s waterways. Every year 8 million tonnes of plastic leak into the world’s oceans. Approximately 15,000 pieces of plastic litter are estimated to be floating on every square km of ocean, most of which has originated on land, in developed countries. The workshops and exhibit were designed to provide an experiential learning experience highlighting the problem of abundant waste and litter in the UK, especially plastics. Contributors were guided to thread a length of approximately 80 bottle lids onto fishing line, creating a length of about 1 metre. Over 50 people contributed, compiling over 50 metres of ‘beaded’ coloured lids. These were then attached to each other and floated on a swimming lake. There they floated around in amongst swimmers, ducks and foliage. After a while they were tethered to each other in a more structured grid to create a floating raft of approx. 2metre x 1.5metre. The ‘sea’ of objects was left floating on the water for a day and night. It was then returned to the Waterfront tent and installed as a display for the duration of the festival. Some contributors returned to take their pieces away.